by Geeks on the Beach | Oct 1, 2014 | Events, News, Village Vibe
Did you know? There’s another municipal election coming on Saturday, November 15th, 2014 ›› Lee Herrin Historically, voter turnout in municipal elections in Victoria is dismal—in the last election in 2011 it was 26.3%, up a whole percentage point from 2008 when it...
by Geeks on the Beach | Oct 1, 2014 | Buzz, Village Vibe
›› Alysha Punnett “Isn’t it illegal?” “I heard you’ll get fined.” “We would love to grow food on our boulevard, but won’t the City remove it?” Does this sound familiar? I smile as Mike Large pedals his bike up to the Compost Education Centre’s...
by Geeks on the Beach | Sep 30, 2014 | Buzz
A profound (Fernwood) evening at City Hall ›› Bill McKechnie A report on a business meeting at Victoria City Hall might sound a bit dull, but a recent public hearing was, in the words of Councillor Shellie Gudgeon, “a profound evening.” Fernwood Urban Village, a group...
by Geeks on the Beach | Sep 30, 2014 | News
It was a summer of growth at Oaklands Community Centre ›› Ben Clark It was a summer of growth at Oaklands Community Centre. In June, we welcomed a new Executive Director, Traci Fontana-Wegelin, to our organization. Traci came to us after spending several years with...
by Geeks on the Beach | Sep 30, 2014 | Buzz, Village Vibe
›› Bamsey Franks Aubrey Burke, when & how did you first come up with the idea for the Story Booth Project? I came up the idea because I was a bit discouraged by contemporary art and inaccessibility. The idea of having a pop-up shop that was ground level, with 24...
